On a deserted island, risk-taking lizards survive better. With predators? Not so much
Some people argue that animals have personalities: shy, bold, aggressive.
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Ancient fossil fills a 75 million-year gap and rewrites lizard and snake history
Australia is famous for its many lizards and snakes, but where do they all come from?
Archaeology
May 31, 2018
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The mother of all lizards found in Italian Alps
Scientists said Wednesday they had tracked down the oldest known lizard, a tiny creature that lived about 240 million years ago when Earth had a single continent and dinosaurs were brand new.
Archaeology
May 30, 2018
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The mystery of lime-green lizard blood
Green blood is one of the most unusual characteristics in the animal kingdom, but it's the hallmark of a group of lizards in New Guinea. Prasinohaema are green-blooded skinks, or a type of lizard. The muscles, bones and tongues ...
Plants & Animals
May 16, 2018
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Extinct monitor lizard had four eyes, fossil evidence shows
Researchers reporting in Current Biology on April 2 have evidence that an extinct species of monitor lizard had four eyes, a first among known jawed vertebrates. Today, only the jawless lampreys have four eyes.
Archaeology
Apr 2, 2018
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Study sheds light on biodiversity of Anole lizard family trees
Lizards have special superpowers. While birds can regrow feathers and mammals can regrow skin, lizards can regenerate entire structures such as their tails. Despite these differences, all have evolved from the same ancestor ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2018
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Four legs good, two better: study tracks lizard bipedalism
Mexico's Jesus lizard got its name from an unusual ability to run over water on its hind legs, its body semi-erect and its front limbs dangling in the air.
Archaeology
Feb 15, 2018
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The origin of snakes—new evolutionary scenario presented
The early evolution of snakes happened from surface-terrestrial to burrowing in the lizard-snake transition suggests a research group at the University of Helsinki.
Evolution
Jan 25, 2018
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Study answers a long-standing mystery about snake predation
Rattlesnakes experience the world very differently from humans. A specialized pit on the snake's face contains a heat-sensitive membrane which connects to the brain. Together, the snake's visual and heat-sensing systems work ...
Plants & Animals
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Climate change may be making bearded dragons less intelligent
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers affiliated with the University of Lincoln in the U.K. has found evidence suggesting that as the planet heats up due to global warming, the bearded dragon may become less intelligent. In ...
